Billy Stewart-Strange Feeling

[fluffyLeo22]

HE WAS SO,SO BAD! LOVE HIM!

[MegaMaparker]

I SAID A CHILD I A HAVE A LIVED IN A SAD WORLD!!! FE-E-A-LING-LING!

[68enxy]

Imagine playing this at your wedding. Nothing could be better! What a message! Of course, you'd want the marriage to last more than 72 days!

[savageAZ86406]

this would be back for me in 82 as a chavalito groing uip in the pinche varrio

[TheDlopez1994]

rest in peace dokey/de/calecia/13/ tu ruca de/ blythe/town/ baddgirl i miss you baby and i was your wife thank you for sharing that feeling with me gracias

[edleal1946]

To All the Guys and Their Gals from Newark, Ca in the 60s! Blessings, Ed Leal

[08317827cr]

yes, I am the 1st cousin to billy stewart, his mother and my father were sister and brother,I'm calvin ruffin jr. me and billy did a show together in 1969 of Nov. at jimmy mcphell goldgardingroom,the next day billy and I talk for hours about me sounding so much like him,that he call chess records to let me speak to chess.chess told me if I could find my own style he would record me when billy got back from touring,but that never happen.billy died two months later.calvin_c_ruffin@hotmail.­com

[84CHICANA]

THIS SONG GOES OUT TOSUM ONE IM FEELING RIGHT NOW CHINO-STAR

[g00704285]

going out to my soldadao de calecia/13/dokey/ tu hija por vida till death aparts us to be with the lord because we were firme soldados we lived for the lord gracias, baddgirl/de/blythe/town

[cog91710]

Its a firme rola, buena musica, ya de este typo de musica ya no va ver

[swift90201]

EARTH WIND AND FIRE PREFORMED THIS LIVE CHECK OUT THE VIDEO I POSTED..... EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE - STRANGE FEELING :)

[RealOldie]

Once an Oldie you never can go back from the 50's lovin it and now going on over 55 still in Lovin the Oldieeeees

[terefito]

this song is my and my love(fito) who i love tere

[edleal1946]

Lowered 47 Fleetline, Crus'in, sittin low, radio blasting. Pointed shoes, frisco's, silk shirts, top button. Slicked hair, WPLJ. Newark, Ca. 1965

[reinalou06]

This is a very beautiful song, i wish it was longer too! They dont make songs like this anymore.

[meathead030]

Un chingo de gracias for all the firme rolas Kanpolero. tloc miec techpa. North Vegas

[meathead030]

Un chingo de gracias for all the firme rolas. Tloc Miec Techpa in full Kanpolero fashion.

[TheKazi]

i wish i was roller 16

[rufus317]

I always said when my grandfather used to play this song. That sounds like Dionne Warwick in th backround but it is indeed Dee Dee Warwick(Dionne's sister)

[Goldenoldies4ever]

@rufus317 -

Hey Rufus,

Thats actually DC's own Jewels doing the background on this record as they did for many of his recordings.

[1ooman]

To you ney, my love 2 u 4 ever.

[barriobajaj]

Can anyone post Minnie Riperton's Sad Girl? Haven't been able to find it.

[jmohan23]

@barriobajaj ---Me, too...love her version of SAD GIRL.....Would really like to hear it again!

[Goddest7711]

JUST OK

[KojiRecords]

"Stange Feeling" is performed here by Billy Stewart & The Gems featuring Minnie Riperton (of "Lovin' You"); she is the angelic high soprano background voice behind Billy. This track is sheer perfection---Billy Stewart & Minnie Riperton may you both rest in peace, both of you left us way too young.

[pigfootandbeer]

@KojiRecords Thanks for the info, always wondered who that angel was.

[KojiRecords]

@pigfootandbeer What was not portrayed in the Cadillac Records movie was that Chess artists were put to work in running the company; if you were not answering phones (i.e. Minnie was the swtichboard operator), licking stamps, etc., you were helping someone else make records. Minnie did background vocals for Ramsey Lewis, Etta James, Fontella Bass, Bo Diddley, The Radiants, and many others while making her own recordings with The Gems and later The Rotary Connection/The New Rotary Connection.

[pigfootandbeer]

@KojiRecords Thanks again. Can you give a list of some of the other recordings that angelic voice stands out on? I will be listening for her now.

[KojiRecords]

@pigfootandbeer "Ooh Baby: by Bo Diddley; "Pushover" and the "Losers Weepers: single and album by Etta James; "Hold On" by The Radiants; "The Petal Pushers" lp; various lps by Ramsey Lewis; "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass, just to name a few. Minnie Riperton was the greatest background singer in the world; I will be posting an article on the net with a more complete listing of Minnie's appearances on Chess-Checker-Argo-Cadet-Cadet Concept Records.

[pigfootandbeer]

@KojiRecords Great, looking forward to that. Another great unsung backup singer was Dee Dee Warwick, her voice stood out in the background also.

[KojiRecords]

@pigfootandbeer Other famous background singers: The Pointer Sisters (for Betty Davis, Bobby Wommack ["Daylight"], Sylvester); The Supremes (for Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, Barbara McNair ["Fancy Passes"], Four Tops ["Still Water"]); Sweet Inspirations (for Aretha Franklin, Elvis); The Andantes (for all at Motown, including their being The Vandellas on recordings)., Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells (for Wilson Pickett ["634-5789"]).

[KojiRecords]

@pigfootandbeer Check out Minnie Riperton & The Radiants-"Babyy You Got It" and "Hold On" which are both excellent examples of how Minnie was part of another Chess Records group, The Radiants, on recordings, albeit uncredited, while simultaneously in her own groups The Gems and later with The Rotary Connection and The New Rotary Connection, the latter which gave us the original version of "Love Has Fallen On Me" that the then unknown teenaager Chaka Khan heard and brought to superstar status.

[KojiRecords]

@pigfootandbeer The Knight Brothers featuring Minnie Riperton-"Temptation's 'Bout To Get Me"; this is a little hard to clearly hear as The Knight Brothers' microphones are hotter than the background singers when they join them on the chorus; however, at the end, when the background singers do the chorus while Knight Brothers do the ad-libs, then you can hear Minnie, once again, that angelic voice at the top. This is a fabuolus record, too.

[prettycountrygirl2]

@KojiRecords I love that song "Temptation's bout to get me" by the Knight Bros. Thanks for the background info.

[88cutty]

@KojiRecords WOW ! Billy AND Minnie in the same grooves !!!!!! Thanks for the info !

[RealOldie]

That's Great!

[losnietos13]

FIRM3 AZZ ROLLLLA!!

[DanMorgan98]

This isn't even music. What Billy Stewart does is something more than music, something greater and with higher feelings and deep soul. There will never ever be anyone that can reproduce what it is that Billy does. A true genius.

[paulibeva]

WSPFLATS23 you're the best!!!!!!!!! I don't know anyone to compare Billy. He is just AWSOME!!!!! Thanks.

[foremangarcia420]

THE VERY BEST.GOOD SH1T.

[PAMELACOLT]

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever done by anybody.... Thank you for this, and thanks for the great memories.

[Lhiza31090]

FIRME ASS SONG

[waitEveryday]

The only thing wrong with this song, is that it is not long enough.

[dirtydiana423]

@waitEveryday i agree with you! its much too short. Its kinda sad but a real nice song

[lostangeliz]

love this music.....

[MotownMaster]

this song is the jam

[vatoC619]

bad ass song

[NORTECALI1G]

orale

[Quiltsalad]

There is no music like this music.

[Quiltsalad]

Oh my Gosh!!!!!

What a beautiful song.

Billy Stewart could S-I-N-G.

[mstheresa53]

nice rola

[undergroundrolas1503]

damn i cannot beleive i actually found this song!!!=]thanks!

[soulserva60]

Have Mercy!

[martha1silva]

This is music. Not the shit that they have nowadays. All you hear are cuss words & some songs u just cant understand.

[chicano67801]

havent herd this version before, but its still cool

[WSPFLATS23]

orale